Millions of workers nationwide experienced a break from their email loads yesterday. Microsoft confirmed Thursday that Outlook users across the Americas were unable to access their email mailboxes. Outage tracker Downdetector recorded nearly 83,000 Outlook reports just before 1 p.m. ET, alongside 4,400 CoPilot and 2,000 Teams disturbances. Microsoft 365 Status posted on X that it was investigating the issue affecting multiple connection methods.